Over 2000 games on Steam use Gamepad Emulation for at least one controller type, including notable games such as Monster Hunter: World, Ace Combat 7, Dragon Quest XI, Into the Breach, and Middle Earth: Shadow of War though not all of them are following the full list of best practices. Overall roughly a quarter of all controller sessions on Steam in 2020 used Steam Input, including nearly half of all PlayStation controller sessions. You may have users playing via Steam Input even for controllers you already support because Steam Remote Play uses it to provide input while streaming and a sizable portion of users have also enabled Steam Input for reconfiguring their controllers across the Steam library.If you're interested in future-proof glyph support please integrate Steam Input API You can query the type of controller currently from Steam in order to show device specific glyphs but you are limited to the types supported by your current Steamworks SDK.
If you're interested in these features without those caveats please consider adding Steam Input API This only works in games with a single local player because there is only one mouse input and also relies on the game accepting simultaneous mouse and gamepad input.
Here we will focus on how to best use Steam Input Gamepad Emulation to extend your game's existing controller support. Steam Input will translates the user's input into something the game understands through either Gamepad Emulation, Mouse and Keyboard Emulation, or Steam Input API. Steam Input is a service allowing Steam users to play any controller-supported game with the device of their choice. Setup instructions for the VR arcade model
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